Understanding the Potentials of Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) Cellular Technology: Salient Features, Architecture, Smart Applications and Quality of Service (QoS) Challenges
Since the last decade, the number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has increased dramatically and to operate them at low power has been a great challenge. Therefore, significant efforts have been made by the researchers to innovate such technologies that may operate the IoT devices at low power....
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| description | Since the last decade, the number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has increased dramatically and to operate them at low power has been a great challenge. Therefore, significant efforts have been made by the researchers to innovate such technologies that may operate the IoT devices at low power. In this context, several Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technologies have been introduced which have revolutionized the world of IoT. Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) is one of the protocols that was developed by 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) in June 2016 to cater the stringent requirements of IoT devices. In this paper, a comprehensive analysis on the features, architecture, signals and channels of NB-IoT is provided. Additionally, a detailed description of the applications of NB-IoT is also presented. Finally, some crucial challenges related to the quality of service (QoS) of NB-IoT are highlighted in this paper. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-48d65c3c5fab422d992aa0196d0903622025-08-25T23:19:02ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society2644-125X2025-01-0166258628010.1109/OJCOMS.2025.358833411078419Understanding the Potentials of Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) Cellular Technology: Salient Features, Architecture, Smart Applications and Quality of Service (QoS) ChallengesMuhammad Waseem0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2616-3735Alicia Lopez1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5622-9993Pedro Luis Carro2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5849-5198Maria Angeles Losada3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1542-3236Dwight Richards4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-5670Abdul Aziz5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3615-4573Department of Electronic Engineering and Communications, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, SpainDepartment of Electronic Engineering and Communications, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, SpainDepartment of Electronic Engineering and Communications, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, SpainDepartment of Electronic Engineering and Communications, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, SpainCollege of Staten Island-CUNY, City University of New York, New York, NY, USADepartment of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, SpainSince the last decade, the number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has increased dramatically and to operate them at low power has been a great challenge. Therefore, significant efforts have been made by the researchers to innovate such technologies that may operate the IoT devices at low power. In this context, several Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technologies have been introduced which have revolutionized the world of IoT. Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) is one of the protocols that was developed by 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) in June 2016 to cater the stringent requirements of IoT devices. In this paper, a comprehensive analysis on the features, architecture, signals and channels of NB-IoT is provided. Additionally, a detailed description of the applications of NB-IoT is also presented. Finally, some crucial challenges related to the quality of service (QoS) of NB-IoT are highlighted in this paper.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11078419/NB-IoTNB-IoT featuresNB-IoT architecturemodes of NB-IoTNB-IoT frame structuresignals and channels of NB-IoT |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Waseem Alicia Lopez Pedro Luis Carro Maria Angeles Losada Dwight Richards Abdul Aziz Understanding the Potentials of Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) Cellular Technology: Salient Features, Architecture, Smart Applications and Quality of Service (QoS) Challenges IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society NB-IoT NB-IoT features NB-IoT architecture modes of NB-IoT NB-IoT frame structure signals and channels of NB-IoT |
| title | Understanding the Potentials of Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) Cellular Technology: Salient Features, Architecture, Smart Applications and Quality of Service (QoS) Challenges |
| title_full | Understanding the Potentials of Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) Cellular Technology: Salient Features, Architecture, Smart Applications and Quality of Service (QoS) Challenges |
| title_fullStr | Understanding the Potentials of Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) Cellular Technology: Salient Features, Architecture, Smart Applications and Quality of Service (QoS) Challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding the Potentials of Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) Cellular Technology: Salient Features, Architecture, Smart Applications and Quality of Service (QoS) Challenges |
| title_short | Understanding the Potentials of Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) Cellular Technology: Salient Features, Architecture, Smart Applications and Quality of Service (QoS) Challenges |
| title_sort | understanding the potentials of narrowband internet of things nb iot cellular technology salient features architecture smart applications and quality of service qos challenges |
| topic | NB-IoT NB-IoT features NB-IoT architecture modes of NB-IoT NB-IoT frame structure signals and channels of NB-IoT |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11078419/ |
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